A koala which caused a stir when he stopped traffic down the main street of a NSW town apparently has a habit for this kind of mischievous behaviour.

The easy-to-distinguish animal with grey patches lining the spine of his back was caught a second time prowling the streets of Port Macquarie after dark while venturing out and about on the NSW mid north coast.

His late-night excursion through the town's CBD apparently follows an earlier event last month in which he was seen bounding through the same part of town.

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Clarence was seen beelining for The Glasshouse an iconic building in Port Macquarie

He clung to a railing outside the building and used it as his temporary hang out before being taken to safety

The fury creature was looking sheepish the next day after causing a stir a second time

Clarence stopped traffic along the main street as onlookers tried to usher him to safety

On this occasion however, Clarence - who is named after the main street of town - was caught weaving his way through traffic before members of the public stepped in to help.

In a bid to usher him to the nearest food tree, onlookers could only manage to scare him to the relative safety of a railing he clung to outside an iconic town building known as The Glasshouse.

A witness who spotted the cheeky teenager on Monday night stepped in to help before talking to Nine News about how he and others tried to handle the situation.

'We followed it around until it tried to find a tree but it didn't find a tree it found The Glasshouse,' he told Nine News.

A vet inspected him after his second night on the loose in as many months

After being picked up a second time Clarence was taken to a breeding sanctuary

It is unlikely the fury critter will be seen out in public a third time now that he is expected to be mated with a female companion

One expert said he desperately would have been scouring for the nearest tree after becoming displaced from his natural habitat for a second time.

Described as 'not very koala-friendly' territory, the CBD is the last place a koala would want to find itself given the threat of passing motorists nearby.

And while Clarence might be cute, what he makes up for in looks he almost certainly lacks in basic navigational skills.

A koala expert remarked about his latest adventure when she said: 'I guess he thought this time he would go and see a show I think,' she told Nine News.

It's unlikely the mischievous marsupial will be seen out an about for a third time however as he was taken to a koala sanctuary to breed a new generation of misfits.